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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely one of the easier cheeses to make at home! How to make Paneer (Indian Cheese) - Swasthi's Recipes share.google/jZiXZpiy2iXI...

How to make Paneer (Indian Cheese) - Swasthi's Recipes

Paneer is Indian Cheese made with just 2 ingredients. Learn to make it at home with this easy step by step guide ..

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 1d

Intrigued by the New Amsterdam Surf Association 😅 Do they really exist!?

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Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.bsky.social · 1d

Moving to Norway be like:

- Can't sign a rental agreement until I have a Norwegian bank account.
- Can't get a bank account without a Norwegian ID number.
- Can't get a Norwegian ID number without having a rental contract.

It is absolutely hilarious to me how some people think immigration is easy.

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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes it just feels like a poem was written exactly for you. I've read this one a hundred times, have even heard WB read it, but when I began to read it this morning the first line brought tears to my eyes.

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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 1d

🇨🇦🤝🇨🇭 The SNSF's partnership with CIFAR offers researchers based in Switzerland a wide range of opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaboration. We will present these possibilities in a webinar on 20 October 2025. Register here ➡️

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Ben Monreal @benmonreal.bsky.social · 1d

In the 1950s, National Geographic wanted Kodachrome nature photography that really popped in print. One trick was to put foreground subjects (hikers, etc.) in bright colors; it was called the "red shirt school". Dick Lasher's Pinto makes this the greatest red shirt school photo of all time.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 2d

Even more bonus points if the radio is playing and tuned to a French easy listening station 📻

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 2d

A pleasure in this day and age to walk into a cafe that serves you drinks in regular drinkware, at a table, with accessories.

Not fancy, just regular. An unchanging menu of Viennoiseries, Croque Madame et Monsieur, Quiche and baguettes

Double points if it is within walking distance of your home 💖

A kettle with hot water, a tea cup with a brewing tea bag, a small cup of milk, tissues and a spoon - all at a cafe table table next to a sunlit glass window

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 3d

For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇

Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).

The meeting is free but advance registration is required.

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ERC Grants: Q&A and testimonials

EURAXESS North America will host an online meeting with officials from the European Research Council Executive Agency, which administers ERC grants, as well as current ERC grantees, who will share the...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 3d

For some reason the link seems to take me to a job board after the first instance. Adding the job link for others to find 🤞🏽 universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Search Jobs - University Affairs

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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 4d

Coolest position I’ve seen in some time: Cinema and Audiovisual Media - Assistant Professor (cross-disciplinary specialization in neuroscience) universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 4d

No jokes - this is how I got a kidney stone, two years ago, in the middle of winter.

Drink water, kids - at least for your brain, if not for your kidneys 😬

Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 5d

@shrewshrew.bsky.social, Don't forget to hydrate this winter:

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Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death

Baldoni et al. reveal that common shrews naturally shrink their brains in winter by reducing cell size and water content rather than through cell loss, maintaining brain function through reversible, e...

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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 6d

This new mini painting is available in my etsy store. Please visit the link in my profile. Thanks for looking!
Heron at Sunset II
8x8 acrylic on canvas

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 7d

Doing some research, I just came across this image of shad fishermen checking their nets in the Bay of Fundy. I'm sharing because it's cool. Have a good day.

Three fishermen are checking nets strung high above the ground. The tide has gone out. One is on a mule-pulled cart, one is climbing a pole, and a third watches from the ground. Credit: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011176116.

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 7d

Today, I called an everything bagel an 'all dressed bagel' 🥯 Can I get my Canadian citizenship already? 🍁

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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 8d

Carcinization be like

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 12

just make it exist first
you can make it crab later

a comic in two parts.
part one. text says, just make it exist first. image is a drawing of a circle.
part two. text says, you can make it crab later, but the word crab is scribbled as if it replaced something. image is a drawing of a crab.

footer says: by joabaldwin, based on the comic by growthbyvisuals, then carcinized by franzanth.

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Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 9d

Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?

Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.

9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Krittika @krittikaa.bsky.social · 11d

Had to explain to a non-Indian friend once that the rainy seasons - and rains in general - mean romance and generally magic in India (and Pakistan, and the rest of South Asia I think)

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